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experience
(/I/k'sp/i/r/i//@/ns
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noun (n)
- the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities(noun.cognition)Example:
A man of experience.
Experience is the best teacher.
source: wordnet30 - the content of direct observation or participation in an event(noun.cognition)Example:
He had a religious experience.
He recalled the experience vividly.
source: wordnet30 - an event as apprehended(noun.event)Example:
A surprising experience.
That painful experience certainly got our attention.
source: wordnet30 - Trial, as a test or experiment.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind(verb.emotion)source: wordnet30
- To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.(verb)source: webster1913